Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 9:15 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Jeffrey Walton <noloader@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >> >>> Is there no switch? Its the most efficient way to accomplish the task. >> >> This is a safety to help normal human users from hurting themselves, >> and it does not make any sense to have "I have no name, so record >> garbage, please" option, switch or setting that is different from >> "Here is the name I want you to use when recording things". >> >> The switch _is_ to set the names with whatever standard way. > > Presumably OP doesn't want to mess with the env for whatever reason, > in that case: > > git -c user.name=Nobody -c user.email=nobody@xxxxxxxxxxx > cherry-pick <commit> Exactly. That is what I meant as one of the "whatever standard way".